By Nancy Novick
So you’ve just finished watching Puppy Bowl IX on Animal Planet and you’re looking for something else to do on the UWS while everyone you know is watching the Super Bowl. Forget finding a place to have a quiet drink; that kind of bar has gone the way of the Iguanodon. But you don’t have to hole up in your apartment all night with Netflix and a bowl of ice cream.
Here are five alternatives:
Catch a foreign film at The Film Society at Lincoln Center. Sunday night’s program includes Soundbreaker: The work of Kimmo Phjonen, about the musician described as Finland’s “enfant terrible” of the accordion. Shown with three additional short films as part of the Film Society’s Dance on Camera 2013 series.
Details at www.Filmlinc.com
Step up to the Open Mic for singers at Cleopatra’s Needle, a Mediterranean restaurant and jazz venue. Open Mic runs from 4-8, followed by the Michika Fukumori trio at 9 pm.
Learn more at cleopatrasneedleny.com
Enjoy a drink while listening to “Vienna to Weimar” a cabaret show at Stage 72 (formerly the Triad), featuring KT Sullivan and Karen Kohler, described as “two award-winning interpreters of the Great American and European songbooks”. Check the website for details.
Find out why British actor/writer Stephen Fry loves Wagner (even though he’s Jewish) at the movie Wagner & Me showing at Symphony Space at 8 pm. You can also have a drink at the Symphony Space’s Bar Thalia, but fair warning, they may have a television.
Take in a show at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at the Time Warner Center. The Rene Marie Quartet will perform at 7:30 and 9:30.
Nancy Novick blogs about books, bookstores, and libraries at www.Stacked-NYC.com. She will be watching the second half of the Super Bowl.
Photo by Mary Makes Dinner.
